How do you rename a folder in a bucket on S3?

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As simple as it sounds, it seems like an extraordinarily complicated task.

I found CloudBerry for windows works. But I hate windows. Anyone know a mac alternative? — Trip, Aug 04 '10 at 20:43
I have a script that will do this - e-mail me (zach at longtailvideo dot com) and I'll forward it along. — Zachary Ozer, Aug 06 '10 at 14:52
@Trip you can see John's edits by clicking on the edited timestamp. In this case he removed unrelated tags. — philfreo, Aug 28 '12 at 23:35

score 12 · Answer 1 · answered Nov 26 '13 at 00:30

Seems like the AWS Command Line Interface is the new way to do stuff like this. Using it, you can rename a folder like this:

aws s3 mv --recursive s3://bucketname/oldfoldername s3://bucketname/newfoldername

Be sure and start with the --dryrun option to make sure it will do what you think it's going to do.

score 12 · Accepted Answer · edited Jul 19 '12 at 10:30

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If you're using the aws-s3 gem, the following code will rename folder OLD_FOLDER_NAME in bucket BUCKET_NAME to NEW_FOLDER_NAME:

bsize = OLD_FOLDER_NAME.size
bucket = AWS::S3::Bucket.find(BUCKET_NAME)
bucket.objects({:prefix=>OLD_FOLDER_NAME}).each do |o|
  AWS::S3::S3Object.rename(o.key, NEW_FOLDER_NAME + o.key[bsize..-1], BUCKET_NAME)
end

That's it. Folders aren't real objects, so all you have to do is rename all the objects that end up in that specific path to the new path. The virtual folder will be renamed as a result.

edited Jul 19 '12 at 10:30

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answered Apr 14 '11 at 18:37

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This renames the folder, however, if the contents of the folder were public, those permissions seem to be lost during the rename. – jpw Dec 15 '13 at 21:44
added explicit permission as 4th parameter to the rename() sets the permissions :access => :public_read though there is probably some way to preserve permissions during the rename – jpw Dec 15 '13 at 21:53

score 2 · Answer 3 · answered Jun 01 '16 at 12:21

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If you use the S3 Management Console, you can cut and paste. Go into the folder you want, click Ctrl + A, then click Actions > Cut. Make your new folder and click Actions > Paste.

answered Jun 01 '16 at 12:21

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score 0 · Answer 4 · answered Aug 10 '10 at 19:59

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Use BucketExplorer! This is a great app! You can do pretty much anything you ever wanted to do to your s3 in a very very easy to understand GUI

answered Aug 10 '10 at 19:59

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No honestly, I'm still open for ideas, but this was the best option I found. – Trip May 18 '12 at 18:30
I would agree were it not for the fact this solution requires Java7 to be installed, which can introduce quite a lot of system-level change simply to rename a folder. Too bad they don't re-write it as a 'real' app without the massive headache of java dependencies. – jpw Dec 15 '13 at 21:56

score 0 · Answer 5 · edited Jan 03 '23 at 09:39

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Go into the S3 console and use the following:

aws s3 --recursive mv s3://<bucketname>/<folder_name_from> s3://<bucket>/<folder_name_to>

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answered Jan 01 '23 at 08:52

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How do you rename a folder in a bucket on S3?

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